Colorful, compact guide provides everything users need to make their Tiger upgrade smooth, easy, and painless.; By focusing on just one thing - upgrading to Tiger - this low-priced guide promises to get users up and running fast on their new operating systems.; Author Tom Negrino is a well-known Mac columnist as well as the author of several other popular Visual QuickProject guides.; Full-color, full-page screen shots and hands-on approach enable users to dive right into each new topic. For many users, it's not working with a new operating system that's intimidating, it's all that needs to be done before, during, and after the upgrade that has them running scared. That's why best-selling author Tom Negrino has devoted an entire guide to just that topic. Rather than cover every last feature and function of Apple's newest OS, Tom focuses on just the need-to-know essentials that will ensure a smooth transition to Mac OS X Tiger. Throughout, users learn by doing as Tom demonstrates the quickest, easiest route to accomplishing a given objective. back up their data, what's entailed in the actual upgrade, and how to reinstall software. Once Tiger is safely installed, Tom provides a quick overview of what's changed before showing readers how to customize their systems and use three of Tiger's most important new features: Spotlight search, Automator (for streamlining repetitive tasks), and Dashboard (the control panel for Tiger's nifty new widget mini-apps).